A philosophical essay on credulity and superstition, and also on animal fascination, or charming
By: by Rufus Blakeman.
Contributors: Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress); Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: D. Appleton & Co.; S. Babcock
Published: 1849
Place of publication: New York; New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: Occultism.; Medical misconceptions.; Charisma (Personality trait)
Table of contents: value: Mental origin of credulity and superstition, and its influence on ancient society; value: Witchcraft; value: Dreams; value: Ghosts; value: Ecstacy, trance, &c.; value: Empiricism and quackery : credulity in medicine; value: Homeopathy; value: Mesmerism; value: Essay on animal fascination, or charming.